Ford EcoSport Review & Pictures

. This is a discussion on Ford EcoSport Review & Pictures within Official Road Tests. Part of The Automotive Reviews category; Quote:
Originally Posted by Raja
After you give the gift to your SA , its time that you must give ...

After you give the gift to your SA , its time that you must give us gift also in form of lot of pics and a ownership report promise ?

Congrats have a wonderful ownership .

I think same rule applies to sandy_man too .

This Gifting rule applies to all our fellow members including me who have booked ES and when they get their vehicle delivered must post pics. I will start a new thread to post the pics of all Ecosports on our forum with their variant details in short. Will do that now and post the link here in few minutes.

And i really apriciate my SA's effort. But one thing i can say confidently from my experience during the last 20 days is "if you really want to reduce your waiting period you will have to follow up with your SA to the extreme level. In the last 20 days i have visited showroom more than 10 times and everyday 1 or 2 phone calls. Actually for my car 5 customers were in the line. But some how me and my SA managed to get the car in my name.[/QUOTE]

talk about visiting the showroom. its unbelievable - I havent visited the showroom even once. Booked at this showroom which is like 35-40 kms from my residence only because they were the only dealer committing to delivery by 25 July. Never mind it stretched upto mid August. But yes, I did write to FIL president and made their life hell. Probably this is the reason why I am getting my vehicle next week.

I just did some research on the tyres. Goodyear manufacturers only 16 inch tyres as per their website where as MRF makes both 15 and 16 inch tyres. Did anybody in the forum see Goodyear tyres in Lower variants.

This is not the case mate. My swift is shod with Goodyear 15 inchers!

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Originally Posted by Indian

Rahul,
Do this
* First go to this site Tire size calculator (or any other tire size calculator)
* Now put in two tire sizes offered by Ford for Ecosport 195/65-R15, 205/60- R16
* Now check the result

Now lets say to give better grip you went with 205 tire. Already 0.7 inch over diameter than the tire 195. Now check the side wall on the wider tire, its shorter. ....

You are correct when you say that a wider tire with decreased sidewall will have a hard ride.

What I meant was that do not play with the sidewall. Just have a tire with increased contact surface area and you will considerable improvement in ride and handling.

I think you also meant the above two cases and hence the confusion!

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Originally Posted by sandy_man

give him a box of chocolate and a 'jaddu ki jhappi'.
finally, some good news for me as well. My car has landed today, will go for 'CRM' tomorrow, RTO registration on Monday and ready for delivery on Wednesday next week.

@Indian ,@rahulgupta3101 is right, thats what I have been too into in my post before Yokohama and Continental and Mischellin provide 16 inch tryre s with better sidewalls, My friend who upgraded his Swifts tyres had same side wall as his old tyres but they were wider and bigger radially, so I have travelled in his car for a good 20 kms with the upgrade and it was considerably better than the stock tyres ride was too a little bit more comfy specially when driven hard

@Indian ,@rahulgupta3101 is right, thats what I have been too into in my post before Yokohama and Continental and Mischellin provide 16 inch tryre s with better sidewalls, My friend who upgraded his Swifts tyres had same side wall as his old tyres but they were wider and bigger radially, so I have travelled in his car for a good 20 kms with the upgrade and it was considerably better than the stock tyres ride was too a little bit more comfy specially when driven hard

1989 agree, ride and drive are two different things. By widening the tire width the drive gets better but ride will be hard. Narrow tires buckle and twist so they basically absorb the bad imperfections generally the less wide tires would have bigger sidewall that too will contribute to good ride. But they are bad for the drive control, specially while high speed driving and cornering.

What I was saying was not to bump up the tire dia(not wheel dia) thinking that one would get better stability.

In the case of ecosport, this is what one can do IMO...

Get 215-60-16 tires(I don't know if they are available?) This would still increase the dia by 1/2 inch that should be acceptable for many. But you have to check if 215 width would fit and do not touch the wheel well anywhere. This might give slightly better drive IMO.

That is the bear minimum change you can do safely, now bumping the wheel size or further widening the width can not be done other than going with the low profile, and that would severely effect your drivability.

Yesterday I spotted 3 sea Grey Ecosport in Bangalore(Orr, BTM, Agar, not the same one as they are opposite side and different numbers :) ) apart from my own. And they are all of Titanium Trim. From past one month I saw owner driven ecosport other than mine only 2 times. As my dealership is on my way to office I always used to spot new or about to be delivered vehicles.

1. Who will provide the VIN / Chassis Number? Ford India or Dealer?
2. EcoSport has more GC (200mm); while turning the vehicle, do you guys feel the body-roll?
3. How you guys feel the suspension in ES, especially in off-road?

BTW, @rajeshm73:
Black color is stunning!! With this background (Greeny) its more cool and giving Royal Look to your ES. Enjoy the riding !

i am getting the delivery of my Car tomorrow evening.
Any suggestion from you guys.

@ D.J.D congrats, how many EcoSports delivered in Trichy. I'll be coming to Trichy this weekend. I’m visiting my mom as well as a good run-in for the engine. We'll see if our paths cross. What’s the variant and color?

These situations are part of the business for a dealer. Don’t get your buying experience spoilt by that. I would typically tip the delivery folks well to jump over this type of guilt.

there is a disappointment. Actually my car was supposed to reach dealer yesterday. But Now my dealer informed me that the car bearing my chasis no. has not reached the dealer. They say it is in transit. Hope next week i will get the delivery :(

@Jeffy thank you buddy. In trichy so far they have delivered 8 - 9 vehicles. I am staying in BHEL township. If you are crossing this side we can definitely meet :)